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Submarine Chaser (SC)
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Five hundred eighty SC-497 Class wood-hulled, 110-foot Submarine Chasers (SC) were built during World War II, with 142 of these being used by our Allies under the Lend-Lease Program. The origin of the WW II Submarine Chaser traces back to WW I and the 440 ship SC-1 Class wooden-hulled "Splinter Fleet." The SC was designed for off-shore patrols and anti-submarine warfare. They were one of many weapons used to defeat the Nazi U-Boat menace along the Atlantic seaboard. The SC also played a role in Amphibious Landing, both in Europe and the Pacific. Seventy SCs were converted for use as Beach Control Craft and designated Control Submarine Chasers (SCC).
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Submarine Chaser (SC) Index
SC-1 Class
(SC-1 to SC-448)
SC-1
SC-2
SC-3
SC-4
SC-5
SC-6
SC-7, SC-8, SC-9 to SC-11, SC-12, SC-13, SC-14, SC-15 & SC-16 - Built for France
SC-17
SC-18
SC-19
SC-20
SC-21
SC-22
SC-23
SC-24
SC-25
SC-26
SC-27
SC-28 to SC-33 - Built for France
SC-34
SC-35
SC-36
SC-37
SC-38
SC-39
SC-40
SC-41
SC-42
SC-43
SC-44
SC-45
SC-46
SC-47
SC-48
SC-49
SC-50
SC-51
SC-52
SC-53
SC-54
SC-55
SC-56
SC-57
SC-58
SC-59
SC-60
SC-61
SC-62
SC-63
SC-64 Reclassified YW-97
SC-65 to SC-67 - Built for France
SC-68
SC-69
SC-70
SC-71
SC-72
SC-73
SC-74
SC-75 & SC-76 - Built for France
SC-77
SC-78
SC-79
SC-80
SC-81
SC-82
SC-83
SC-84
SC-85
SC-86
SC-87
SC-88
SC-89
SC-90
SC-91
SC-92
SC-93
SC-94
SC-95
SC-96
SC-97
SC-98
SC-99
SC-100
SC-101
SC-102
SC-103
SC-104
SC-105
SC-106
SC-107
SC-108
SC-109
SC-110
SC-111
SC-112
SC-113
SC-114
SC-115
SC-116
SC-117
SC-118
SC-119
SC-120
SC-121
SC-122
SC-123
SC-124
SC-125
SC-126
SC-127
SC-128
SC-129
SC-130
SC-131
SC-132
SC-133
SC-134
SC-135
SC-136
SC-137
SC-138
SC-139 Construction canceled
SC-140, SC-141 & SC-142 - Built for France
SC-143
SC-144
SC-145
SC-146 - Built for France
SC-147
SC-148
SC-149
SC-150
SC-151
SC-152
SC-153
SC-154
SC-155
SC-156
SC-157
SC-158
SC-159
SC-160 to SC-163 - Built for France
SC-164
SC-165
SC-166
SC-167
SC-168
SC-169 to SC-174, SC-175 & SC-176 - Built for France
SC-177
SC-178
SC-179
SC-180
SC-181
SC-182
SC-183
SC-184
SC-185
SC-186
SC-187
SC-188
SC-189
SC-190
SC-191
SC-192
SC-193
SC-194
SC-195
SC-196
SC-197
SC-198
SC-199
SC-200
SC-201
SC-202
SC-203
SC-204
SC-205
SC-206
SC-207
SC-208
SC-209
SC-210
SC-211
SC-212
SC-213
SC-214
SC-215
SC-216
SC-217
SC-218
SC-219
SC-220
SC-221
SC-222
SC-223
SC-224
SC-225
SC-226
SC-227
SC-228
SC-229
SC-230
SC-231
SC-232
SC-233
SC-234
SC-235
SC-236
SC-237
SC-238
SC-239
SC-240
SC-241
SC-242
SC-243 - Built for France
SC-244
SC-245
SC-246
SC-247
SC-248
SC-249 - Built for France
SC-250
SC-251
SC-252
SC-253
SC-254
SC-255
SC-256
SC-257
SC-258
SC-259
SC-260
SC-261
SC-262
SC-263
SC-264
SC-265
SC-266
SC-267
SC-268
SC-269
SC-270
SC-271
SC-272
SC-273
SC-274
SC-275
SC-276
SC-277
SC-278
SC-279
SC-280
SC-281
SC-282
SC-283
SC-284
SC-285
SC-286
SC-287
SC-288
SC-289
SC-290
SC-291
SC-292
SC-293
SC-294
SC-295
SC-296
SC-297
SC-298
SC-299
SC-300
SC-301
SC-302
SC-303
SC-304
SC-305
SC-306
SC-307
SC-308
SC-309
SC-310
SC-311
SC-312
SC-313, SC-314, SC-315, SC-316, SC-317, SC-318 and SC-319 - Built for France
SC-320
SC-321
SC-322
SC-323
SC-324
SC-325
SC-326
SC-327
SC-328
SC-329
SC-330 ex-PC-330
SC-331
SC-332
SC-333
SC-334
SC-335
SC-336
SC-337
SC-338
SC-339
SC-340
SC-341
SC-342
SC-343
SC-344
SC-345
SC-346
SC-347 & SC-348 - Built for France
SC-349
SC-350 - Built for France
SC-351
SC-352
SC-353 ex-PC-353
SC-354
SC-355
SC-356
SC-357 to SC-367, SC-368, SC-369, SC-370, SC-371 to SC-381, SC-382, SC-383 to SC-387, SC-388, SC-389 to SC-402, SC-403, SC-404, SC-405 & SC-406 - Built for France
SC-407
SC-408
SC-409
SC-410 Construction canceled
SC-411
SC-412
SC-413
SC-414
SC-415
SC-416
SC-417
SC-418
SC-419
SC-420
SC-421
SC-422
SC-423
SC-424
SC-425
SC-426
SC-427
SC-428
SC-429
SC-430
SC-431
SC-432
SC-433
SC-434
SC-435
SC-436
SC-437
SC-438
SC-439
SC-440
SC-441
SC-442 Construction canceled in 1918
SC-443
SC-444
SC-445 to SC-448 Construction canceled 20 November 1918
Experimental Class
(SC-449, SC-450 & SC-453)
SC-449 ex-PC-449
SC-450 ex-PC-450
SC-451 & SC-452 Hull numbers not used - See PC Index
SC-453 ex-PC-453
SC-454 to SC-496 Hull numbers not used - See PC Index
SC-497 Class
(SC-497 to SC-1400)
SC-497 ex-PC-497
SC-498 ex-PC-498
SC-499
SC-500
SC-501 ex-PC-501 Named/Reclassified Racer (IX 100)
SC-502
SC-503 ex-PC-503
SC-504 ex-PC-504
SC-505
SC-506
SC-507
SC-508
SC-509 & SC-510 Hull numbers not used - See PC Index
SC-511
SC-512
SC-513
SC-514
SC-515
SC-516
SC-517
SC-518
SC-519
SC-520
SC-521
SC-522
SC-523 Hull number not used - See PC Index
SC-524
SC-525
SC-526
SC-527
SC-528
SC-529
SC-530
SC-531
SC-532
SC-533
SC-534
SC-535
SC-536 ex-PC-536
SC-537 ex-PC-537
SC-538 ex-PC-538
SC-539 ex-PC-539
SC-540
SC-541
SC-542 to SC-627 Hull numbers not used - See PC Index
SC / SCC-628
SC / SCC-629
SC / SCC-630
SC-631
SC-632
SC-633
SC-634
SC-635
SC-636
SC-637
SC-638
SC-639 ex-PC-639
SC-640
SC-641
SC-642 ex-PC-642
SC-643 ex-PC-643
SC-644 Reclassified PGM-1
SC-645
SC-646
SC-647
SC-648
SC-649
SC-650
SC-651
SC-652
SC-653
SC-654
SC-655
SC-656
SC-657
SC-658
SC-659
SC-660
SC-661
SC-662
SC-663
SC-664
SC-665
SC-666
SC / SCC-667 ex-PC-667
SC-668
SC-669
SC-670
SC-671
SC-672
SC-673
SC-674
SC-675
SC-676
SC-677
SC-678
SC-679
SC-680
SC-681
SC-682
SC-683
SC-684
SC-685
SC / SCC-686
SC-687
SC-688
SC-689
SC-690
SC-691
SC-692
SC-693
SC-694
SC-695
SC-696
SC-697
SC-698
SC-699
SC-700
SC-701
SC-702
SC-703
SC-704
SC-705
SC-706
SC-707
SC-708
SC-709
SC-710
SC-711
SC / SCC-712
SC-713
SC-714
SC-715
SC-716
SC-717
SC-718
SC-719
SC-720
SC-721
SC-722
SC-723
SC-724
SC-725
SC-726
SC / SCC-727
SC-728
SC-729
SC-730
SC-731
SC-732
SC-733
SC-734
SC-735
SC-736
SC-737
SC-738
SC-739
SC-740
SC-741
SC-742
SC-743
SC-744
SC-745
SC-746
SC-747
SC-748
SC-749
SC-750
SC-751
SC-752
SC-753
SC-754
SC-755
SC-756
SC-757 Reclassified PGM-2
SC-758
SC-759
SC / SCC-760
SC-761
SC-762
SC-763
SC-764
SC-765
SC-766
SC-767
SC-768
SC-769
SC-770
SC-771
SC-772
SC-773
SC-774
SC-775
SC-776 to 826 Hull numbers not used - See PC Index
SC-827 to 976 Hull numbers not used - See PCE Index
SC-977
SC-978
SC-979
SC-980
SC-981
SC-982
SC-983
SC-984
SC-985
SC-986
SC-987
SC-988
SC-989
SC-990
SC-991
SC-992
SC-993
SC-994
SC-995
SC-996
SC-997
SC-998
SC / SCC-999
SC-1000
SC-1001
SC-1002
SC-1003 ex-PC-1003
SC-1004
SC-1005 ex-PC-1005
SC-1006
SC-1007
SC-1008
SC-1009
SC-1010
SC-1011
SC / SCC-1012 ex-PC-1012
SC-1013
SC-1014
SC-1015
SC-1016
SC-1017
SC / SCC-1018
SC-1019
SC / SCC-1020
SC-1021
SC-1022
SC-1023
SC-1024
SC-1025
SC-1026
SC-1027
SC-1028
SC-1029
SC-1030
SC-1031
SC-1032
SC-1033
SC-1034
SC-1035 Reclassified PGM-3
SC-1036
SC-1037
SC-1038
SC-1039 ex-PC-1039
SC-1040
SC-1041
SC-1042
SC-1043
SC-1044
SC-1045
SC-1046
SC-1047
SC-1048
SC / SCC-1049
SC-1050
SC-1051
SC-1052
SC-1053 Reclassified PGM-4
SC-1054
SC-1055
SC-1056 Reclassified PGM-5
SC-1057
SC-1058
SC-1059
SC-1060
SC-1061
SC-1062
SC-1063
SC-1064
SC-1065
SC / SCC-1066
SC-1067
SC-1068
SC-1069
SC-1070
SC-1071 Reclassified PGM-6
SC-1072 Reclassified PGM-7
SC-1073
SC-1074
SC-1075
SC-1076
SC-1077 to SC-1265 Hull numbers not used - See PC Index
SC-1266
SC-1267
SC-1268
SC-1269
SC-1270
SC-1271
SC / SCC-1272
SC / SCC-1273
SC-1274
SC-1275
SC-1276
SC-1277
SC / SCC-1278
SC-1279
SC-1280
SC / SCC-1281
SC-1282
SC-1283
SC-1284
SC-1285
SC-1286
SC-1287
SC-1288
SC-1289
SC-1290
SC-1291
SC-1292
SC-1293
SC-1294
SC-1295
SC-1296
SC-1297
SC / SCC-1298
SC-1299
SC-1300
SC-1301
SC-1302
SC-1303
SC-1304
SC-1305
SC / SCC-1306
SC-1307
SC-1308
SC / SCC-1309
SC-1310
SC / SCC-1311
SC / SCC-1312
SC-1313
SC / SCC-1314
SC / SCC-1315
SC / SCC-1316
SC-1317
SC-1318
SC-1319
SC-1320
SC-1321
SC-1322
SC / SCC-1323
SC-1324
SC-1325
SC / SCC-1326
SC-1327
SC-1328
SC-1329
SC-1330
SC-1331
SC-1332
SC-1333
SC-1334
SC-1335
SC-1336
SC-1337
SC / SCC-1338
SC-1339
SC-1340
SC / SCC-1341
SC-1342
SC-1343
SC-1344
SC-1345
SC-1346
SC-1347
SC-1348
SC / SCC-1349
SC / SCC-1350
SC-1351
SC-1352
SC-1353
SC-1354
SC-1355
SC-1356
SC-1357
SC-1358
SC-1359
SC / SCC-1360
SC-1361
SC-1362
SC-1363
SC-1364
SC-1365
SC-1366 Reclassified PGM-8
SC-1367
SC-1368
SC-1369
SC-1370
SC-1371
SC-1372
SC-1373
SC-1374
SC-1375
SC-1376 to SC-1400 Canceled 17 September 1943
SC-1401 to SC-1465 Hull numbers not used - See PCS Index
SC-1466 Class
(SC-1466 to SC-1473)
SC-1466
SC-1467
SC-1468
SC-1469
SC-1470 Named/Reclassified Panther (IX 105)
SC-1471
SC-1472
SC-1473
SC-497 Class - Continued
(SC-1474 to SC-1626)
SC / SCC-1474
SC-1475
SC-1476
SC-1477
SC-1478
SC-1479
SC-1480
SC-1481
SC-1482
SC-1483
SC-1484
SC-1485
SC-1486
SC-1487
SC-1488
SC-1489
SC-1490
SC-1491
SC-1492
SC-1493
SC-1494
SC-1495
SC-1496
SC-1497
SC-1498
SC-1499
SC-1500 & SC-1501 Canceled 17 September 1943
SC-1502
SC-1503
SC-1504
SC-1505
SC-1506
SC-1507
SC-1508
SC-1509 Canceled 17 September 1943
SC-1510
SC-1511
SC-1512
SC-1513 to SC-1516 Canceled 17 September 1943
SC-1517
SC-1518 to SC-1520 Canceled 17 August 1943
SC-1521 to SC-1545 Canceled 1 August 1943
SC-1546 to SC-1603 Hull numbers not used - See PC Index
SC-1604 to SC-1609 Hull numbers not used - See PCE Index
SC-1610 to SC-1626 Hull numbers not used - See PC Index
Offshore Procurement under Military Defense Assistance Pact
(SC-1627 to SC-1634)
SC-1627
SC-1628
SC-1629
SC-1630
SC-1631
SC-1632
SC-1633
SC-1634
SC-1635 to SC-1647 Hull numbers not used - See PC Index
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